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Robert Pearlman

Soyuz TMA-09M mission patch

Soyuz TMA-09M, currently scheduled to launch on May 28, 2013, will deliver Roscosmos cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano to the International Space Station to join the Expedition 36 and Expedition 37 crews.

The Soyuz TMA-09M patch designs shares elements of the two earlier Soyuz mission patches that Fyodor Yurchikhin participated in (TMA-10 and TMA-19): a bright blue rim featuring the crew names with a dark blue border and a central field featuring the Earth and the spacecraft in yellow and orange.

The white and light blue streaks underneath the Soyuz symbolize that this is the fourth mission to the ISS for Soyuz commander Yurchikhin; the first being on an American spacecraft during STS-112.

This design shares one element with another patch: the ISS is taken from the patch of Expedition 37, which Yurchikhin commands.

You must be refering to Pavel Vinogradov's Soyuz TMA-08M patch, right? (It also has the same shape as his earlier TMA-8 flight, rotated 180 degrees.)

KAPTEC

Sure Erik... This is what I meant

Oh!... and thank you so much: it's nice to see so clearly my lovely country in a space patch.

hoorenz

quote:Originally posted by KAPTEC:Oh!... and thank you so much: it's nice to see so clearly my lovely country in a space patch.

It is funny. It is exactly what I was thinking when I prepared the high resolution version from Luc's and Dima's design. "Jorge will be happy!" Of course I also realized that the Netherlands disappeared behind a solar panel.

KAPTEC

hoorenz

From kitchen table, to Baikonur.

KAPTEC

It is a special experience when you can do this, aren't you agree with me?